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Work experience

Jan 2009Present

Principal

Jul 2005Aug 2007

Senior Director, Investor Relations

Anadys Pharmaceuticals

May 2004Jun 2005

Senior Director, Investor Relations & Corp. Comm.

CancerVax

Jun 1999May 2004

Director, Investor Relations

Biogen-Idec

Education

Oct 2008Sep 2009

MA

Jan 1970Aug 1974

BA

City University of New York-Queens College

Skills

Professional Public Speaker

I am an author and lecturer. My soon-to-be-published book is entitled Legacy: Passing on Cherished Values in a Value-Starved World. In the book I profile 25 distinguished Americans, men as well as women, who share their life stories, values and legacy with readers. The book will be published in Fall 2009.
I also give keynote speeches and workshops on: 1) legacy leadership in the workplace, and 2) living and leading with cherished values at home and at work. .

Portfolio

Crisis Communications Planning

Integrated Marketing Communication Program

Research Survey in Biotech IPO Market

Distribution Techniques for Marketing a Book

Controlling Competition through Copyright Law: The Cases of Ford Motor Company and Napster - A Contrast in Intellectual Property Strategies

Using New Insights in Perception in Your Next Advertising Campaign

Using New Social Media Networking in Marketing and Communication

New Social Media Networking Provides Companies with Opportunities & Risks

Interest

I have been an amateur cellist for the past eight years. I continue to take a one-hour lesson every week and perform twice a year during holiday and summer recitals with cello friends.

I also enjoy traveling with my family. I especially enjoy playing tennis with my wife and going to the movies with my daughter.

I am a frequent jogger, running between 20-40 miles per week.

Summary

In Fall 2009 I will publish my first book, Legacy: Passing on Cherished Values in a Values-Starved World. Some of the distinguished Americans I interviewed include:

Daniel Ellsberg -- Ethical dissenter, Leaked Pentagon Papers to the New York Times

Lt. David Lim -- Port Authority police officer who survived collapse of One World Trade Center on 9/11

I give two keynote speeches and workshops entitled: Passing on Cherished Values in a Value-Starved World and How to Live Your Life Like You Depended on It!

I am an award-winning corporate communications professional for more than 20 years in San Diego. During this time, I have been the principal of a public relations and marketing firm, worked for major public relations agencies, spent five years as on-air personality discussing business and the stock market on a major San Diego radio station, and led a bi-coastal communications team as a director of Corporate Communications with an international biopharmaceutical company. In the past 10 years I have worked exclusively as an investor relations and corporate communications executive in the local biotech community, principally with IDEC Pharmacueticals as director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications.

Custom

If you wish to get an insight into how I think and write, I invite you to visit my blog [http://vincereardon.wordpress.com] and my website [http://www.legacylifeproject.com].